Yes.
SLI Compatability bits (DX10 + DX111) set to 0x080000F5
60 FPS where before I'd see 40 on 2 1080s.
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Dishonored 2 PC performance thread
- Thread starter JaseC
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Yes.
SLI Compatability bits (DX10 + DX111) set to 0x080000F5
60 FPS where before I'd see 40 on 2 1080s.
TyrantGuardian
Member
Forcing the game to high priority just keeps crashing it after a while. Clearly something is very wrong with this build and there is a reason Windows assigns it to Low...
My favorite from the FAQ (and, unfortunately, from countless others):
Edit: Wait, I exited steam like you said, why doesn't the game work anymore?
- Avoid having background applications running in addition to the game.
Edit: Wait, I exited steam like you said, why doesn't the game work anymore?
They skipped Very High, which is where "Auto" places my settings.
StrikeFirst117
Banned
PFFFTTT funny when it runs Denuvo in the background, steam plus other crap. It is literally impossible to play the game with no background apps running at all.
Huge Succeeded
Banned
Alright, so I've been playing around in Karnaca and while there's been a little bit of FPS drop ranging down to 50fps it's not as severe as I expected. And the Performance Lasso watchdog worked fine and kept my game in High priority.
I'm really disappointed they couldn't just keep the same engine from the first game. It's not like the game is so fundamentally different in terms of structure, it just has slightly better graphics.
Very anxious to play this, but not until it's in a better state. I'm not about to ruin such a cool game by stopping every 5 minutes to try some new "magic" setting that someone on reddit says works.
Very anxious to play this, but not until it's in a better state. I'm not about to ruin such a cool game by stopping every 5 minutes to try some new "magic" setting that someone on reddit says works.
I bet if they stuck with UE, the game would have looked actually good unlike whatever this is, would finish faster rather than taking 5 freaking years, it would even end up cheaper for them and most importantly it wouldn't be a hot mess at launch.
but idetech5 junk, gotta plug that in and make some frankstein custom engine and trademark it because reasons. Then people wonder why gaming industry has so much financial issues, the management decisions can be appalling.
but idetech5 junk, gotta plug that in and make some frankstein custom engine and trademark it because reasons. Then people wonder why gaming industry has so much financial issues, the management decisions can be appalling.
Yeah, I mean I figured it was for financial reasons but I really do wonder if a combination of (a) time spent developing a new engine, or (b) refunds or poor word of mouth from bad performance would actually wind up making it a better move to just use what they already had. Who knows?
Either way, I'm sure this will be tidied up in terms of performance, but for now it's kind of annoying that this such a drag to play.
CrichtonKicks
Member
Majority? Just in the last month we've had Civ 6, Titanfall 2, Infinite Warfare, and Gears of War 4 all working as they should. It's just that the excellent PC ports don't get the same level of attention as the poor ones.
When you at 60 fps do you get any jutter or stutter when panning the camera? Even at locked 60 I get constant micro-stutter when panning the camera.
You've got RTSS set an 60 fps and are using in game vsync?
Fahzgoolin
Banned
The cynic in me says that the reason that the lead artist and lead level designer recently talked about how long it took for the development team to get certain levels to work without breaking all of the systems (such as lighting) is due to the stupid idtech 5 engine. They said it took 4 years to get the transforming mansion to work.
GwyndolinCinder
Member
Wonder if they will offer full refunds on steam, regardless of playtime?
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Deleted member 17706
Unconfirmed Member
Fuuuuuck.
What is up with this sluggish mouse movement? Even maxed out it still feels like molasses.
There is plenty of acceleration when using the Xbox pad, so it feels fine, but the mouse movement is awful. I tried inserting that line in the OP into the cfg file to remove mouth smoothing but it didn't seem to do anything.
Has anyone had any luck at getting the mouse look movement to not feel like garbage?
EDIT: Nevermind! Turns out the mouse settings were on a different tab in the options. I feel like an idiot now.
What is up with this sluggish mouse movement? Even maxed out it still feels like molasses.
There is plenty of acceleration when using the Xbox pad, so it feels fine, but the mouse movement is awful. I tried inserting that line in the OP into the cfg file to remove mouth smoothing but it didn't seem to do anything.
Has anyone had any luck at getting the mouse look movement to not feel like garbage?
EDIT: Nevermind! Turns out the mouse settings were on a different tab in the options. I feel like an idiot now.
Bethesda would have to want that. Not going to happen. Valve steps in only in particularly special circumstances, such as the false advertising of Earth: Year 2066.
CrichtonKicks
Member
Has that ever happened other than AK?
Smash + Grab is the most recent example as the game was cancelled following the closure of United Front.
Fahzgoolin
Banned
I don't have the game yet, but my understanding of config files is they typically need to be edited and then set to "read only" after you made your changes. Typically when you run the game's executable it will change your edits back to the default.
Robobandit
Member
not that I know of. They didn't even do that w/ No Man's Sky.. which was also a mess at release.
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Deleted member 17706
Unconfirmed Member
Thanks for the suggestion, but it remains the same in the file, so that's not what's happening.
I really don't want to play this with a gamepad...
EDIT: Nevermind! Turns out the mouse settings were on a different tab in the options. I feel like an idiot now.
GwyndolinCinder
Member
It was a technical mess aswell?
It wouldn't run at all on older -- though not terribly old -- AMD CPUs.
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Deleted member 17706
Unconfirmed Member
The game is running beautifully for me, but I do have a 6700k and GTX 1080. Everything is maxed out at 1080p with TXAA and I don't think I've seen it drop below 70 fps yet according to Steam. Still early in the game, but I'm getting well over 100 fps most of the time. Yay, G-Sync.
Robobandit
Member
yeah, it was. it stuttered like crazy at launch for a lot of people
Don Friday
Member
Harvey Smith on twitter has replied with frequency to people today saying they are investigating it and Arkane proper has said they are aware there is an issue.
drotahorror
Member
Why does adaptive resolution reset to 75 every time I start the game up?
did you readonly the config file?
drotahorror
Member
No, I could do that though. It's just strange how that's the only setting it keeps reverting back.
Also, is anyone else getting shimmering seams in geometry?
The little white specks. They're everywhere in my game, usually along corners.
*They're barely there if you have AA on. I'm running w/o AA and they're very noticeable.
Yes, I mentioned it in my original report early in the thread. They are at least affected, if not necessarily caused, by the choice of AA method. They seem more apparent with FXAA or no AA, maybe because TXAA makes them blurry like everything else.
Karak
Member
Yes its a known issue happens at all times and devs are aware. The layering in the engine is messed up.
Same same, actually happen just after I update the Nvidia drivers
alexanderftw
Banned
They are cause by FXAA, so to add that among the other problems this game has, you either deal with white specks and have a clear image, that doesnt look that washed as some of the screens around here, or you use TXAA and get the washed blurry pos but without the specks. Take your pick...
Turning on headphones mode helps a bit
6700k, Geforce 1080, latest drivers, 1440p, 144hz.
The game lurches between 144fps and 60fps depending on what I'm looking at, which isn't the end of the world and I know my setup isn't nearly as common as 1080/60 so I can't expect too much on day one. But the mouse movement seems tied to the framerate somehow, and becomes more sensitive when the framerate is lower. So trying to spin a 180 is sometimes difficult and you over or under shoot your target. It's annoying but not totally gamebreaking.
You can fix the CPU affinity by downloading Process Hacker and setting dishonored2.exe to normal/high/realtime and then ticking "save for dishonored2.exe"
Hope that helps.
The game lurches between 144fps and 60fps depending on what I'm looking at, which isn't the end of the world and I know my setup isn't nearly as common as 1080/60 so I can't expect too much on day one. But the mouse movement seems tied to the framerate somehow, and becomes more sensitive when the framerate is lower. So trying to spin a 180 is sometimes difficult and you over or under shoot your target. It's annoying but not totally gamebreaking.
You can fix the CPU affinity by downloading Process Hacker and setting dishonored2.exe to normal/high/realtime and then ticking "save for dishonored2.exe"
Hope that helps.
BarelyLegalAlien
Member
My GPU usage is just constantly alternating from 100% to 25%. It changes every frame. This is ridiculous.
EDIT:
Here's the silly graph, and I was not moving, looking at the same scene:
EDIT:
Here's the silly graph, and I was not moving, looking at the same scene:
Tried your fix with Process Lasso and it runs a little bit smoother but the stutter when u look around is still there.
Karak
Member
Ya it just flats it all to...loud lol
This game gets worse as you progress. I'm right now at the institute (about the third big area you visit) and my computer is not able to get 30fps consistently, even in VERY LOW settings. 970, i7-4770, 16 GB.
Anyone reporting performance should specify which area they are. There is a massive difference between Durnwall and this one, for example.
Anyone reporting performance should specify which area they are. There is a massive difference between Durnwall and this one, for example.
The same was true for Rise of the Tomb Raider for a while too. Alt tabbing would drop my performance in increments of 20% until I hit 8 FPS. That was seemingly fixed though.
My GPU usage is just constantly alternating from 100% to 25%. It changes every frame. This is ridiculous.
EDIT:
Here's the silly graph, and I was not moving, looking at the same scene:
Yeah that was pretty much what happened (for me) with RotTR, except it only happened after alt tabbing and utilization never went back up.
BarelyLegalAlien
Member
Ooooooh, I was just wondering if it was my alt-tabbing. But here's the thing. My game never starts in Fullscreen, it always starts in borderless and I have to alt tab it back to have it on Fullscreen. I'll guess I'll try to fix that. Thanks.
EDIT 2: Well, actually, it wasn't that. It still happens.
GavinUK86
Member
not quite that low but i couldn't even keep 60fps at very low settings on a 970 in dunwall. it's hovering around 40 on very low now in karnaca. this game, or maybe more specifically game engine, is well and truly fucked. you can't even lock it to 30fps because the load times then exceed 5/6 minutes.
That mirrors my experience. I still got below 30 fps in the institute, which seems far more demanding that Karnaca.
It's so disappointing. The game seems so brilliant in every other respect.
Here's hoping that they can patch it into shape eventually.
That's the thing about releasing a PC port in this state. The steam community WILL vote it down and I'm pretty sure the game reading as "negative" affects the actual sales, or at least the ever so important early sales. Then there is the fact that you can refund games on steam now. Devs can't get away scot free anymore. There are actual consequences to their bottom line (no matter how small percentage of the overall sales) now, regarding PC ports.
GwyndolinCinder
Member
Swear this game runs much better in offline mode